Stable interstitial dopant-vacancy complexes in ZnO

作者:Puchala B*; Morgan D
来源:Physical Review B, 2012, 85(19): 195207.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195207

摘要

Using ab initio calculations, we have identified stable group-V dopant-vacancy complexes complexes in ZnO consisting of interstitial dopants surrounded by three V-Zn (D-I-3V(Zn) with D = P, As, or Sb). In contradiction with previous reports, our calculations show that the acceptor level of group-V dopant-vacancy complexes is too deep to be the shallow acceptor level identified experimentally as contributing to p-type conductivity in ZnO. The interstitial-vacancy complexes we have identified can be generalized to other compositions, dopants, and structures.

  • 出版日期2012-5-18